Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul package, versions <1.6.3


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.12% (45th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPCONSULAGENTCONSUL-548415
  • published 10 Feb 2020
  • disclosed 29 Jan 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul to version 1.6.3 or higher.

Overview

github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Unbounded resource usage, triggered by the establishment of many unauthenticated HTTP or RPC connections, may generate excessive load and/or crash the server.

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